Re: [PLUG] RFC: seeing other LUG meeting announcements on PLUG list?

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 05:15:23PM -0500, Chris Hedemark wrote:
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> This touches on something I wanted to do with my metalug.org domain.  
> Posted here for comments.
> 
> I was thinking along the lines of people setting up accounts with their 
> ZIP code, and then a preference for how many miles from their ZIP code 
> are they interested in Linux events for.  LUG's post announcements 
> based on the ZIP code of their event.  Thus people get announcements 
> based on how far they are willing to travel for Linux events.  Poor 
> college students without transportation can set a low threshold like 2 
> or 3 miles.  People in the boonies can say 40 miles (which is totally 
> normal traveling distance for a lot of other user groups outside of the 
> northeast corridor).
> 
> If you get real fancy you can even say limit the main topic to Linux 
> events, BSD events, PGP/GnuPG Keysigning events, etc.  But for now I'm 
> just suggesting geographical preferences.

That seems like a lot of effort to go to just so people don't have to
use procmail. ;-)

-- 
 Jeff

 Jeff Abrahamson  <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>
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